Infants School, Potters Bar, Middlesex

POTTERS BAR, MIDDLESEX - An infant school has been completed here, at the sole cost of the Rev. H. G. Watkins, the incumbent, the site also having previously been granted by him. The school room is 22 feet long by 15 feet wide; the height to the ridge being 22 feet. The roof is constructed of open timber, plastered between the rafters; which, together with the rest of the internal woodwork, is stained and varnished. The porch is paved with Minton's encaustic tiles. A residence is attached. The external walls are constructed of picked stock brickwork, interspersed with a few white Suffolk bricks and red malms, with dressings of Bath stone. The roofs are covered with alternate bands of Bangor and Westmoreland slates. The bell-cot is covered with zinc, and surmounted with a wrought-iron ornamental vane. The architect is Mr. E. H. Lingen Barker. The cost of the works, including the boundary-wall, etc., is about £500; the contractor being Mr. J. F. Williams, of Potters Bar. [Builder 5 April 1862 page 249]

POTTERS BAR, MIDDLESEX - An infant school has just been erected here at the sole cost of the Rev. H. G. Watkins, the incumbent, the site having also been presented by him. The school-room is 22 feet long by 15 feet wide, the height to the ridge being 22 feet. The roof is constructed of open timber, plastered between the rafters, which, with all the other internal woodwork, is stained and varnished. The porch is paved with Minton's tiles. A commodious residence for the mistress is attached. The external walls are constructed of picked stock brickwork with Bath stone dressings; a few red malms and white Suffolk bricks have been used. Bangor and Westmoreland slates in broad bands have been used for the roof, with ornamental ridge tiles. There is a bell turret, covered with zinc, and surmounted by a wrought-iron vane. Mr. E. H. Lingen Barker, of 30, Upper Berkeley-street, was the architect, and Mr. J. F Williams, of Potters-bar, the contractor for the works, the total cost of which has been about £500. [Building News 28 February 1862 page 152]

Reference    Builder 5 April 1862 page 249 - School Building News
Reference    Building News 28 February 1862 page 152